23/09/18 - Day 35 FlowerThe smaller plant (which, of course, is now the larger plant as always) has really started to swell up. The tops are becoming purple and swelling up and we're only five weeks in - I can't wait til harvest day. Seeing Flavoursuk's PC diary has made me so excited for it - only about a month to go. More updates next week.

how to deal with watering plants while on holiday? I will be gone for 1 week, 1 plant is in 8L the other in 20L coco/perlite 70:30 mix. They will roughly be 3 weeks into flower when i'm away, i've considered using 6-8 ceramic water spikes hooked up to a 5L bottle. any ideas? thx

Hello Truro ! You systeme will run out of water too soon with the ceramic water spikes , It's summer (drying) and your plant will get bigger so will drink more during your vacation. The wicking technique is good (passive hydro) but you need to put a big water container for at least 3 weeks (math will helps). My better method in that kind of situation is to ... ask your bestfriend to do it :joy: , sound simple but it is in fact :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes: ! But seriously I would recommande you the "Tray" method , here is a link to ir : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qeTXrj4qgE !
Here are links to tutorials : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0M0CAKxb1c (wicking tech), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RajhuUx4Hgg (tray tech part 2) Hope it will help a bit :grin: